Arcanum - Chapter 115

Chapter 115






"Ohh should be time for class soon, you all should get going . " Ashley smiled .

" . . . . . Would be so much better if we could skip class and just train all day . . . " Daisy muttered .

"What class you all have today? . . " Ashley asked .

"History, Creature and culture studies . " Jay replied .

"Of all the classes I think those two are the most important . " Ashely smiled .

"I disagree . " Scarlet replied .

"Of course you do . . . you'll just pulverise anyone that threatens you . " Ashley replied . "Anyway ignore Scarlet . . . History is important because we should all learn from the past and past events, Creatures and Culture is very important . . . . unless you're Paul or Scarlet who can just brute force any encounters with their strength and stature . Learning behaviours and weaknesses of creatures makes encounters easier and learning about cultures is great for negotiating and conversing with other races and cities . " Ashley explained .

"That makes sense . " I agreed .

"Or you could just intimidate them . " Scarlet laughed .

"Yes . . . . only take Scarlets advise when it comes to combat . . . . everything else take it with a grain of salt . . . . anyone who recognises her won't ever dare to risk their life angering her . " Ashely added .

"Hey!!!!" Scarlet replied looking offended .

"Ohhh and help yourself with any snacks in the kitchen . . . . I don't think you guys have time for breakfast . " Ashley smiled .

"Okay!" we all replied getting up and making our way out .

I quickly led everyone into the kitchen opening the fridge for bottle of water and an overhead cupboard .

"Ohhh what awesome stuff do we get to eat???!" Helen asked looking over my shoulder extremely curious .





"Hmm so much to choose from . . . . I'll just grab a fistful of everything . " I said grabbing a handful of breakfast bars giving them to everyone to hold .

"This is abit much . . . " Jay said with his handful of different breakfast bars .

"Yeah . . . . I don't know your preferences . . . so I grabbed everything . . . besides they don't go off for months . " I smiled .

"Months? . . " They all asked looking utterly confused .

" . . . . . You don't know what months are? . . " I asked surprised trying to think of a way to explain to them what a month is . . . "Okay . . . . the bars last many season!" I replied hoping they understand .

"So you're telling me . . . the things contained in this weird materials last for more than one season? . . . " Jay asked examining one carefully .

"Woah . . . . . Let's keep this materials and wrap all our food in it!" Grace suggested in utter shock looking at the package like it was some sort of miracle material .

"That's not how it works . . . . " I replied chuckling .

"What you mean? . You just said it lasts seasons!!!!" Daisy asked absolutely confused .

"So the food is made in a particular way to make it last longer . . . . as well as the air tight seal makes it go off slower . " I explained .


" . . . . why does making it air tight make it last longer? . . " Jay asked .

"It's hard to understand but there are very tiny things that eat away at food that makes it go off . . . so restricting the air supply for them makes the food decay slower . " I tried to explain to them how bacteria makes food go off .

"You mean bugs? . . . . " Jay asked looking confused and slightly worried at me .

"Sorta like bug but extremely tiny… . Invisible to the naked eye . " I explained causing them to look at me as if I was insane . "Just believe me . . . . it's how it works . " I replied .





"Ohhh this taste so good!!!" Daisy said already scoffing a whole bar down quickly with a giant smile on her face, "It's so sweet and mushy and chewy!" She smiled from ear to ear .

"Ohhh lemme see the wrapper . " I asked interested in what she liked . "This is a Cinnamon and Raisin Oatmeal bar . " I smiled .

"I could eat this all day and night!" Daisy replied looking extremely happy walking out the room .

"Ohhh I'll try that one!" Helen said reading the packages carefully trying to find the same one .

Jay pocketed all the bars and pulled out some other pieces of food from his pockets and began eating those . "Jay you don't like them? . . " Helen asked looking concerned .

"Not at all . . . just these things last so long! I should eat the other more perishable foods first . " He smiled following Daisy out the room .

We slowly made our way to lesson feeling slightly interested in learning more about this world, listening to everything Ashley explained made me even more excited to begin my journey . "The food from your world is so amazing!" Grace hummed in happiness eating a bar .

"So what happened in class last week? . . . . " I asked striking up a conversation .

"I think the first term we are focusing on races and creatures that are commonly found nearby . . . . like the ordinary wild life . . . . . Hill giants . . . Goliaths . . . Orcs etc . " Jay explained .

"Hill giants? . . " I asked in shock .

"Yah . . . Giants that wonder greener pastures . . . . . Normally roam in groups of one to four . . . . they eat literally anything that they can stomach . . . " Jay replied .

" . . . . . . . . . . . . more dangerous then trolls? . . . " I asked worried remembering how badly that ogre basically murdered me in our first fight .

"Yeah . . . . they probably eat ogres for breakfast . . " Jay replied .

"Everything is so dangerous here . . . . " I replied feeling extremely worried .

"Giants are rare to encounter . . . . they stay away from roads and cities . . . . they are very dangerous but can be easily dispatched by overwhelming them . " Ashley replied trying to reassure me .





"I've dealt with Ghosts and Demons . . . " Daisy said as we entered the main building .

"Really? . . . " I asked in shock .

"Yup . . . . . Paladins and Clerics are normally called to deal with those sort of things . " Daisy replied with a smile .

"Yeah . . . . If you require help to deal with supernatural stuff . . . . . Best to ask for help from a local church . " Jay added .

"Isn't it scary? . . " I asked in shock .

"Not really . . . . the light of Serra protects . " Daisy smiled .

" . . . . . . . . Is that when your tattoos glow yellow? . . " I asked .

"Yes . . . . when they glow yellow it means the light of Serra is with me . . . . . As long as I have faith in Serra I will be protected . " Daisy smiled .

"Interesting . . . . " I replied contemplating about my own faith a little . . . . . .

"Yeah . . . . I worship Nyera Goddess of Nature . " Helen smiled .

"If you don't mind me asking . . . . . What does Nyera do? . . " I asked .

"She watches over nature and everything natural and opposes everything unnatural such as things necromancers do . . . . messing around with dead bodies making unnatural abominations . . . . . But she is also indifferent . " Helen explained

"Ohh interesting . . . . so there are alot of God's in this world? . . " I asked .

"Ohh yeah there are many Gods . . . . at least one for each major race in existence!" Helen answered in excitement . "There's one for Magic . . . . Knowledge . . . Truth . . . . . Dwarves, Minotaur's the list goes on . " She carried on explaining .

"Wow that's interesting . " I replied with a smile thinking it must be so overwhelming to remember them all… . .

"This is our class . " Jay said opening the door to a class room .

"Hello students! Please take a seat!" A very jolly male voice welcomed us but the teacher was nowhere to be seen . Following everyone to our seats I lingered on slowly trying to look for our teachers but I still couldn't see him through all the students .

Taking our seats together Helen and Grace in front of us while Daisy Jay and I sitting behind them . As each student slowly found their seats and the front of the classroom emptied, there stood a small man half dressed in a suit with a monocle and a thick black moustache with curls on the end and slick side parted hair .

"Is that our teacher? . . " I asked whispering .

"Yeah he's professor Doddle . " Daisy answered .

"Ummm is he a Hobbit? . . " I asked noticing his small stature .

"What's a hobbit? . . " Jay whispered quietly to not interrupt the teacher .

" . . . . . . . Nevermind what race is he? . . " I asked curiously .

"He's a Halfling . " Jay answered .

"Ohhh I see . . . " I nodded .

"Welcome class to your second lesson of History . " Professor Doddle announced . "So who can recap what we learnt last lesson? . . " He said with a jolly smile .

A long haired blonde student stuck her hand up . "Yes Natalie? . . " Professor Doddle asked her .

"We learnt about the Formation of Xoria . " Natalie answered .

"Yes yes well remembered . . . . Now where did we stop? . . . . " He asked .

Another student held their hand up this time a male student with short black hair . "Sir we stopped when King Alaric and Queen Gwent as they began building the small settlement that would later become Xoria . " The student answered .

"Yes Eric well remembered . " Professor Doddle smiled .

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